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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Oggs

In the city directories 1940 · six people at four addresses

The directories print six people named Ogg at four addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Oggs at 1601 Comox in 1940.

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Where the Oggs lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    3346 Adanac Street

    Hastings-Sunrise, 1940

    • E Ogg, a driver at Arctic Ice 1940

    Next door in 1940: H O Ashton at 3340 and V Alto at 3356. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    1601 Comox Street

    West End, 1940

    • G W Ogg, a salesman 1940
    • George E Ogg, an accountant at Stonehouse Motors 1940
    • Winnifred H Ogg, a school teacher 1940

    Next door in 1940: M E Campbell at 1609. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1287 East 28th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • E Ogg, an inspector at the Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau 1940

    Next door in 1940: H A Searl at 1279 and C M Walker at 1295. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1427 East 29th Avenue

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • W R Ogg, a marker at Canadian White Pine 1940

    Next door in 1940: S L Rothwell at 1435. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for all six: an accountant, a driver, an inspector, a marker, a salesman and a school teacher.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kensington-Cedar Cottage (2), Hastings-Sunrise and West End. Each neighbourhood's page shows its trades, its people and every street in it, the way the directory printed them.

The story, address by address

In 1940 the directory lists E Ogg at 3346 Adanac Street. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Edmond Ogg there as the householder, a driver at Arctic Ice. In 1940 the directory lists G W Ogg at 1601 Comox Street. The 1940 name section lists George W Ogg there as the householder, a salesman, with George E Ogg, an accountant at Stonehouse Motors, and Winnifred H Ogg, a school teacher.

In 1940 the directory lists E Ogg at 1287 East 28th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). The 1940 name section lists Edmond Ogg there as the householder, an inspector at the Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau. In 1940 the directory lists W R Ogg at 1427 East 29th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists William R Ogg there as the householder, a marker at Canadian White Pine.

Today

1601 Comox and 1287 East 28th still have their buildings from before 1946, both on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 1427 East 29th (2017) has a newer building, by the City's record; the City no longer lists 3346 Adanac, so that building is probably gone (inferred).

Comox Street looking east from Denman, lined with cut-back boulevard trees
1925 Comox Street looking east from Denman, lined with cut-back boulevard trees. Not at the house at 1601 Comox: no archive photo of the 1600 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 357-1. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line: the street sections for 1905, 1915, 1925, 1935, 1940 and 1945, and the name section for 1930 and 1940 where we've read it (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages, since a family's name was often spelled differently from one year to the next; one name can still be several families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. Many Chinese, Japanese and other residents weren't named by the canvassers, so they can't be listed by name: their houses' pages say where. More family names under O. Want a name removed? Tell us.